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n Ondersoek na ernstige geweldsmisdaad : voorstelle vir opleiding ('n gevalstudie)Siegelaar, Leslie 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Not a single day passes in South Africa without various violent crimes making the front
pages of the local media. The Cape Flats in the Western Cape is one of areas which
is seriously affected by violent crime. During the past three years serious violent crimes
committed with a firearm have shown a sharp increase.
The investigation of such crimes is, just as its prevention, a priority of the SAPS.
Investigation of serious violent crime has also changed since the amalgamation of the
eleven police agencies in 1996. Whereas the Murder and Robbery Unit was
responsible for investigation crimes such as murder and attempted murder using a
firearm before 1996, most of these crimes are nowadays investigated by members
attached to local detective units. Specialist knowledge is required for the investigation
of the said crimes whereas local detectives have only received training in conducting
general investigations. The question arising is what is the influence of this training on
the investigation of serious crime and more specifically their solution.
Against this background the current state of training received by local detectives is
investigated as well as the influence on the investigation of serious violent crimes. The
SAPS Ravensmead Detective Service is used as a case studyforthis purpose. Practice
is compared to the theory and conclusions are drawn about the influence of training on
the success rate during the investigation of serious violent crimes. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Nie 'n enkele dag gaan in Suid - Afrika verby sonder verskeie geweldsmisdade as
voorbladnuus nie. Die Kaapse Vlakte in die Wes -Kaap is van die gebiede wat erg deur
ernstige geweldsmisdaad geraak word. Die afgelope drie jaar het ernstige
geweldsmisdaad wat gepleeg word deur die gebruik van 'n vuurwapen skerp gestyg.
Die ondersoek van dié misdade is net soos die voorkoming daarvan vir die SAPD 'n
prioriteit. Die ondersoek van ernstige geweldsmisdaad het na die amalgamering van
elf polisie - agentskappe in 1996 verander. Waar die Moord - en - Roofeenheid voor
1996 vir die ondersoek van misdade soos moord en poging tot moord met 'n vuurwapen
gepleeg, verantwoordelik was, word die meeste van die misdade nou deur lede
verbonde aan plaaslike speureenhede ondersoek. Gespesialiseerde kennis word
benodig vir die ondersoek van die genoemde misdade. Plaaslike speurders het slegs
opleiding ontvang om algemene ondersoeke waar te neem. Die vraag wat nou ontstaan
is wat is die invloed hiervan op die ondersoek van ernstige geweldsmisdaad en meer
spesifiek die oplossing daarvan.
Teen hierdie agtergrond word ondersoek ingestel na die huidige stand van opleiding
van plaaslike speurders en die uitwerking daarvan op die ondersoek van ernstige
geweldsmisdaad. Vir hierdie doeleindes word SAPD Ravensmead Speurdiens as
gevalstudie gebruik. Die praktyk word met die teorie vergelyk en gevolgtrekkings word
gemaak oor die invloed van opleiding op die suksessyfer in die ondersoek van ernstige
geweldsmisdaad.
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The impact of the Firearm Control Act 60/2000 in restricting gun ownership for at risk individuals in the Pretoria North Firearm Registration Centre policing areaBopape, Lesetja Simon 30 June 2008 (has links)
The research project investigated the impact of the Firearms Control Act (FCA) 60 of 2000 in restricting gun ownership for at-risk individuals in the Pretoria North Firearm Registration Centre (FRC) policing area and identified prevention strategy as well as specific factors that contributed to this problem. Secondary prevention focuses on situational factors that reduces the means and opportunity for at-risk people to commit crime and can be applied in restricting firearms from at-risk individuals. One hundred and thirteen legal firearm owners in the Pretoria North FRC policing area responded to the questionnaire schedule. Data was also collected through interviews with Designated Firearm Officers (DFO) and court officials in that area. Specific factors have been identified that contribute to firearms landing in the hands of at-risk individuals in the Pretoria North FRC policing area. They are among others, poor administration of some sections of the FCA like background checks and section 102 and 103 unfitness declarations. The role of the DFO in continuous public education program on the FCA is also invaluable. The same goes to the general public s involvement in the identification of at-risk individuals. The South African Police Service management needs to address issues within the police service such as additional trained personnel, allocation of sufficient logistical resources like vehicles, computers and scanners to ensure effectiveness in restricting firearms from at-risk individuals. Several secondary role players have been identified that should work closely with the primary role players to address this problem. The recommendations drawn from conclusions as well as the inter-departmental role of all the different role players may assist in restricting firearms from at-risk individuals. / Police Practice / M.Tech. (Policing)
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Beyond the victim : the traumatic effects of violent crime: an educational psychological perspectiveStansfeld, Fiona Doris 11 1900 (has links)
Violent cnme is among the most prominent distinguishing
characteristics of South African society, it has a severely
traumatising effect on the populations concerned. Based on
research :findings and existing literature, this study explores
traumatic effects of violent crime on the most intimate associate
of the victim (the partner). Accordingly, this study deals with the
much-neglected topic of secondary trauma, by focusing on the
following aspects of or conditions associated with violent crime
and the secondary victim: cognitive, emotional and relational
effects the experience of trauma, loss, vulnerability, depression
and acute stress. It reveals that, depending on the severity of the
incident, its consequences for the partner of the victim may range
from post-traumatic stress to acute stress or secondary traumatic
stress.
From the similar results returned for primary and secondary
victims, it is apparent that in the future, both victim and supporter
should have their needs addressed with equal emphasis. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Specialisation in Guidance and Councelling)
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Personal experiences of victims of violent crimes: an African perspectiveMpata, Modjadji Fletta 02 1900 (has links)
This research focused on the personal experiences of both male and female victims of violent crimes. The aim of this research was to explore how indigenous Black South Africans understand and deal with victimisation. An African epistemology was used to help gain a deeper understanding of the experiences of the participants. Participants were recruited using purposive sampling strategy. Five participants were selected for this study. Data was collected using individual face-to-face semi-structured interviews. Based on the transcribed data, themes were extracted and analysed using content analysis. The results indicate that participants attributed varying meanings to their victimisation. / Psychology / M. A. (Clinical Psychology)
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Homicidal strangulation in an urban South African contextSuffla, Shahnaaz 03 1900 (has links)
Text in English / As an external cause of death, strangulation represents an extreme and particularly pernicious form of violence. Following the evidence gap in the extant literature, the current research examined the incidence, distributions, individual and situational predictors, and structural determinants of homicidal strangulation in the City of Johannesburg for the period 2001-2010. The thesis is structured around four discrete but interrelated studies, which collectively offer an initial contribution to the body of scholarship on homicide generally, and on the characteristics and patterns of strangulation homicide specifically. The research drew on data from the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System and the South African National Census. Study I is a descriptive study that quantifies the extent of homicidal strangulation in the City of Johannesburg and describes its distribution by characteristics of person, time, place and alcohol consumption. The remaining studies are analytical in focus, and are aimed at explaining homicidal strangulation in the City of Johannesburg in terms of its determinants. These studies are differentiated by their focus on individual-level and neighbourhood-level risks. Study II assesses overall homicide strangulation risk in relation to all the other leading causes of homicide. Study III undertakes further disaggregation to investigate homicidal strangulation risk by gender specifically. Study IV considers the socio-structural correlates and geographic distributions of fatal strangulation. The study engages select micro-level and macro-level theories that focus on the intersection between vulnerability and routine activities, gender and neighbourhood derivatives of violence to explain the social ecology of lethal strangulation. The research findings demonstrate that homicidal strangulation in the City of Johannesburg is a unique phenomenon that is distinct from overall homicide. As the fourth leading cause of homicide in the City of Johannesburg, fatal strangulation exhibits a marked female preponderance in victimisation and distinctive socio-demographic, spatio-temporal, sex-specific and neighbourhood-level variation in risk. The study is aligned with the increasing trend towards disaggregating overall homicide into more defined and conceptually meaningful categories of homicide. The study may represent one of the first empirical investigations that also attempts to offer theoretically-derived explanations of homicidal strangulation in South Africa. Fatal strangulation is a multi-faceted phenomenon that requires multi-dimensional and multi-level interventions directed at several points of its social ecology. / Psychology / D. Phil. (Psychology)
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The impact of the Firearm Control Act 60/2000 in restricting gun ownership for at risk individuals in the Pretoria North Firearm Registration Centre policing areaBopape, Lesetja Simon 30 June 2008 (has links)
The research project investigated the impact of the Firearms Control Act (FCA) 60 of 2000 in restricting gun ownership for at-risk individuals in the Pretoria North Firearm Registration Centre (FRC) policing area and identified prevention strategy as well as specific factors that contributed to this problem. Secondary prevention focuses on situational factors that reduces the means and opportunity for at-risk people to commit crime and can be applied in restricting firearms from at-risk individuals. One hundred and thirteen legal firearm owners in the Pretoria North FRC policing area responded to the questionnaire schedule. Data was also collected through interviews with Designated Firearm Officers (DFO) and court officials in that area. Specific factors have been identified that contribute to firearms landing in the hands of at-risk individuals in the Pretoria North FRC policing area. They are among others, poor administration of some sections of the FCA like background checks and section 102 and 103 unfitness declarations. The role of the DFO in continuous public education program on the FCA is also invaluable. The same goes to the general public s involvement in the identification of at-risk individuals. The South African Police Service management needs to address issues within the police service such as additional trained personnel, allocation of sufficient logistical resources like vehicles, computers and scanners to ensure effectiveness in restricting firearms from at-risk individuals. Several secondary role players have been identified that should work closely with the primary role players to address this problem. The recommendations drawn from conclusions as well as the inter-departmental role of all the different role players may assist in restricting firearms from at-risk individuals. / Police Practice / M.Tech. (Policing)
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Beyond the victim : the traumatic effects of violent crime: an educational psychological perspectiveStansfeld, Fiona Doris 11 1900 (has links)
Violent cnme is among the most prominent distinguishing
characteristics of South African society, it has a severely
traumatising effect on the populations concerned. Based on
research :findings and existing literature, this study explores
traumatic effects of violent crime on the most intimate associate
of the victim (the partner). Accordingly, this study deals with the
much-neglected topic of secondary trauma, by focusing on the
following aspects of or conditions associated with violent crime
and the secondary victim: cognitive, emotional and relational
effects the experience of trauma, loss, vulnerability, depression
and acute stress. It reveals that, depending on the severity of the
incident, its consequences for the partner of the victim may range
from post-traumatic stress to acute stress or secondary traumatic
stress.
From the similar results returned for primary and secondary
victims, it is apparent that in the future, both victim and supporter
should have their needs addressed with equal emphasis. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Specialisation in Guidance and Councelling)
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Personal experiences of victims of violent crimes: an African perspectiveMpata, Modjadji Fletta 02 1900 (has links)
This research focused on the personal experiences of both male and female victims of violent crimes. The aim of this research was to explore how indigenous Black South Africans understand and deal with victimisation. An African epistemology was used to help gain a deeper understanding of the experiences of the participants. Participants were recruited using purposive sampling strategy. Five participants were selected for this study. Data was collected using individual face-to-face semi-structured interviews. Based on the transcribed data, themes were extracted and analysed using content analysis. The results indicate that participants attributed varying meanings to their victimisation. / Psychology / M. A. (Clinical Psychology)
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Homicidal strangulation in an urban South African contextSuffla, Shahnaaz 03 1900 (has links)
Text in English / As an external cause of death, strangulation represents an extreme and particularly pernicious form of violence. Following the evidence gap in the extant literature, the current research examined the incidence, distributions, individual and situational predictors, and structural determinants of homicidal strangulation in the City of Johannesburg for the period 2001-2010. The thesis is structured around four discrete but interrelated studies, which collectively offer an initial contribution to the body of scholarship on homicide generally, and on the characteristics and patterns of strangulation homicide specifically. The research drew on data from the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System and the South African National Census. Study I is a descriptive study that quantifies the extent of homicidal strangulation in the City of Johannesburg and describes its distribution by characteristics of person, time, place and alcohol consumption. The remaining studies are analytical in focus, and are aimed at explaining homicidal strangulation in the City of Johannesburg in terms of its determinants. These studies are differentiated by their focus on individual-level and neighbourhood-level risks. Study II assesses overall homicide strangulation risk in relation to all the other leading causes of homicide. Study III undertakes further disaggregation to investigate homicidal strangulation risk by gender specifically. Study IV considers the socio-structural correlates and geographic distributions of fatal strangulation. The study engages select micro-level and macro-level theories that focus on the intersection between vulnerability and routine activities, gender and neighbourhood derivatives of violence to explain the social ecology of lethal strangulation. The research findings demonstrate that homicidal strangulation in the City of Johannesburg is a unique phenomenon that is distinct from overall homicide. As the fourth leading cause of homicide in the City of Johannesburg, fatal strangulation exhibits a marked female preponderance in victimisation and distinctive socio-demographic, spatio-temporal, sex-specific and neighbourhood-level variation in risk. The study is aligned with the increasing trend towards disaggregating overall homicide into more defined and conceptually meaningful categories of homicide. The study may represent one of the first empirical investigations that also attempts to offer theoretically-derived explanations of homicidal strangulation in South Africa. Fatal strangulation is a multi-faceted phenomenon that requires multi-dimensional and multi-level interventions directed at several points of its social ecology. / Psychology / D. Phil. (Psychology)
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The community police forum as an approach to crime prevention in the informal settlement of Stanza Bopape, Mamelodi TownshipVujovic, Marnie 28 August 2012 (has links)
M.A. / Crime hits the poor hardest since they are least able to cope with its consequences. In South Africa violent crime especially is increasing and in communities like Mamelodi, citizens are responding by taking the law into their own hands. Vigilantism proliferates necessitating police action and further straining a historically difficult community-police relationship which Community Police Forums (CPFs) aim to transform. This study looks at how residents of Stanza Bopape, an informal settlement in Mamelodi, organise themselves against crime. It considers the implications of this organisation for the CPF, a cornerstone of the Community Policing Model now enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, and examines ways in which the CPF can retain support and enhance its credibility within the community. The opportunity is provided for many different voices in the community to be heard so that diverse groups can participate in the ongoing quest for an effective strategy against crime.
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